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muriel_volestrangler

(101,265 posts)
Sat Oct 3, 2015, 11:26 AM Oct 2015

Labour's Denis Healey dies at 98

Former chancellor Denis Healey has died at the age of 98, his family has announced.
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His family said he died peacefully at his home in Sussex on Saturday morning, after a short illness.
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Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn tweeted: "Denis Healey was a Labour giant whose record of service to party and country stands as his testament. All our thoughts are with his family."
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Current Chancellor George Osborne tweeted: "Sad to hear that Denis Healey has died at 98. A giant of the Labour movement + Chancellor in the most difficult circumstances

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-34434378
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Labour's Denis Healey dies at 98 (Original Post) muriel_volestrangler Oct 2015 OP
Rest in peace shenmue Oct 2015 #1
I didn't agree with everything he said or did .... non sociopath skin Oct 2015 #2
I am sorry to hear that. LeftishBrit Oct 2015 #3
RIP to a great politician T_i_B Oct 2015 #4

non sociopath skin

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2. I didn't agree with everything he said or did ....
Sat Oct 3, 2015, 12:29 PM
Oct 2015

.... and - speak it softly - I didn't vote for him in '81.

But unlike certain other characters I could name, I always thought of him as "one of Ours".

May he sleep well.

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